>>895973
These guys are level -22, much weaker than the archers. Just smack 'em.

Slimes are typically acidic, be careful about getting any goop on you. The club might melt but you have been getting points to replace it.

>Morgan: "Are you guys getting like, memos, or something on what things like this are?"
Sort of? It's like a video game. You picked it up, and we got data.

For reference the gem is apparently the "Archer's boon [rank 1]", and the recommended uses include "Unlock Moving parts, Increase Force limit, +3 Aesthetic appeal". Since none of those things have happened automatically, presumably there's some way to activate or consume the gem? Maybe the intended use is trading it to Menoetius in return for the desired effect.

>>895973
Careful. There's two of them. One down the staircase you're facing (it's seen you) and one up the staircase behind you and to the left.

Smiles are often corrosive, you probably don't want to touch them with your bare skin.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896677 ID: 04df57
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>These guys are level -22, much weaker than the archers. Just smack 'em.
The slime lunges at Morgan but doesn't make it up the steps before disintegrating.
3 Enemy points earned.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896678 ID: 04df57
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>Careful. There's two of them. One down the staircase you're facing (it's seen you) and one up the staircase behind you and to the left.
Morgan hides behind the wall and waves her bat around in the slime's view. The slime throws itself down the stairs. Morgan pulls the bat back and the slime slams into the wall. Morgan hits the second slime and it disintegrates.

3 Enemy points earned. Your current balance is 26 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 1 -> level 2

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896679 ID: 04df57
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Morgan: "Now that the monsters are dead we can get a good look around. This room has one of those compass things just like the other rooms, I can't remember if the original room was the same though. To figure that out we are probably going to have to go back and forth a few times playing a game of 'spot the difference.'"
Morgan sighs "This place is seriously weirding me out. The 'bed' was just a mattress, the keyhole on the chest was painted on, and I don't know if you guys have noticed, but all of the doors are somehow pull doors from both sides, not to mention that the handles are always on the right. It's like whoever made the place was given a bad description of the stuff we have on Earth, and then never questioned any the mistakes. From what we've seen I wouldn't even be surprised if every room in this so called 'labyrinth' has 4 doors."

>>Morgan: "Are you guys getting like, memos, or something on what things like this are?"
>Sort of? It's like a video game. You picked it up, and we got data.
Morgan: "'Maze Quest' even sounds like a video game title. Unlike a video game though, I've only got one life and I very much prefer not to lose it."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/10(Fri)15:00 No. 896680 ID: 04df57
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>For reference the gem is apparently the "Archer's boon [rank 1]", and the recommended uses include "Unlock Moving parts, Increase Force limit, +3 Aesthetic appeal". Since none of those things have happened automatically, presumably there's some way to activate or consume the gem? Maybe the intended use is trading it to Menoetius in return for the desired effect.
Morgan: "Hey, what do you mean none of those things have happened? Are you saying this gem doesn't look good on me?"
Morgan: "All jokes aside, the trade idea is worth a shot. We should try it at some point."

>Slimes are often corrosive, you probably don't want to touch them with your bare skin.
>Slimes are typically acidic, be careful about getting any goop on you. The club might melt but you have been getting points to replace it.

Morgan: "So far the slimes have been disappearing before their goop can do anything to me. The bat does appear to have corroded a bit, but I should be able to go through a few more rooms before having to replace it. If we do end up getting something new I would prefer something longer. I'm not used to the truncheon's size."

Morgan: "The way I see it we have two options now, go back to the middle room or explore another room. What should we do next?"

The dicussion thread exists now!
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/124748.html

Let's try north of this room, see what's in there. If it's more easy slimes you can whack 'em. Better to stock up on points before upgrading your equipment, I think.

>>896711
Good idea.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896735 ID: 04df57
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Apparently I'm not the best at posting the right image.
The east room compass should really look like this.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896736 ID: 04df57
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>Let's try north of this room, see what's in there. If it's more easy slimes you can whack 'em. Better to stock up on points before upgrading your equipment, I think.
>Good idea.
Morgan walks up the steps to the north room and goes through.
A black slime expels it's innards from a hole and quickly dies.

3 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 29 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 2 -> Level 3

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896737 ID: 04df57
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The dead slime evaporates releasing the pressure plate it was standing on. The paths to the center jerk up into a raised position.

Morgan: "That was... odd."
Morgan: "I think this room is supposed to be a bottomless pit, except there is a bottom. Right there. It's just painted black. It's still too deep for me to jump down without hurting myself, so I don't know if it actually makes any practical difference. These plates seem to control that draw bridge thing. I can step on the one on my platform if you don't think that would cause any problems."
Morgan: "It seems like my prediction about every room having 4 doors is holding. Except... Hmm. If I just went up stairs, how would this room's west door line up with the door from the archer room? I could have sworn the archer's east door was on the ground."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/11(Sat)03:50 No. 896738 ID: 04df57
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Morgan: "The compass appears to have changed."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)16:20 No. 897593 ID: ef2888
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Morgan cautiously steps on the pressure plate.
The bridges fall into place again.

Morgan: "It didn't take much of my weight to keep it down. Maybe 20 pounds? Still, the tonfa isn't enough to weigh it down."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)16:20 No. 897594 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "Do you have any ideas for how I could get something to weigh it down or should I do something else?"

Any of that furniture in the home room would be sufficient.

I dunno if I'd want to move the chest or the bed. Making an actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this sounds like a better idea. It should be cheap?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897668 ID: ef2888
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>Any of that furniture in the home room would be sufficient.

Morgan goes south then west and arives in the starting room.

>I dunno if I'd want to move the chest or the bed. Making an actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this sounds like a better idea. It should be cheap?

Menoetius: "An actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this is locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and would cost 3 Enemy Points."

An actual 25 pound weight to use in puzzles like this added to the store. Your current balance is 29 Enemy Points.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897669 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "What is the weight limit right now? How do we increase it?"

Menoetius winces as if just acnowledging the player's existance is painful.
Menoetius: "Ugh, are we are still doing that thing where your thoughts matter? If you are going to go around pretending to be a player I might as well redefine you and be done with it."
Menoetius: "I will remember that your character is a player."

Player 51ae92 joined server ******ttt.

Morgan: "So you are done being rude to me? Can you answer my questions then?"

Menoetius: "If I was rude to a player, Please tell us about this problem."
Menoetius: "Create an error report that you can send to Macrocosm Productions to help us improve our ai."

Menoetius: "The current weight limit is approximately 11.591 pounds."
Menoetius: "The weight limit can be increased with a grub's boon, which can be obtained from a grub, or by clearing a C room."

Morgan: "Eh, that's okay I guess I'll just cheat then."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/17(Fri)21:15 No. 897670 ID: ef2888
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Morgan drags the chest a short distance and stops.

Morgan: "Hey, there was a hole under the chest!"

What the heck!? What's down the hole?

Also heh, you could just buy two 11-pound weights.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897711 ID: ef2888
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>What the heck!? What's down the hole?

Morgan: "It goes pretty far down before stopping and heading off in 4 directions."
Morgan: "Um, I don't think I can fit, but if I did go in there I'd never be able to come back out. So yeah, you know how you guys mentioned making my own decisions? I am definitely drawing the line at descending into the creepy death chute."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897712 ID: ef2888
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>Also heh, you could just buy two 11-pound weights.

Menoetius: "Two 11-pound weights is locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and would cost 2 Enemy Points."

Morgan: "Ha! Nice try, but he's too stupid to fall for that one."
Morgan: "How about just one single weight at the weight limit?"
Menoetius: "Sure! Just one single weight at the weight limit is available and-"
Morgan: "Could I get two?"
Menoetius: "I don't see why not. Two just one single weight at the weight limits coming up!"

Morgan takes the weights from Menoetius and heads towards the drawbridge room.

Two 11-pound weights added to the store. Just one single weight at the weight limit added to the store. Just one single weight at the weight limit (X2) acquired. Your current balance is 27 Enemy Points.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/18(Sat)03:45 No. 897713 ID: ef2888
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Morgan places the weights on the pressure plate which is just barely held down. The bridges fall into place.

Morgan: "Alright, we could try the 'maybe archer' room to see what geometry passes for normal here, or we could try another door."

>>897711
Hmm, that's probably how items get sent to your universal storage. They get piped from chest to chest. If you don't move the chest back over the hole they're gonna spew out into the room.

>>897713
Let's check out the geometry.

>>897713
Let's try the "maybe archer" door, though I'm not holding by breath for sane geometry.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898890 ID: ef2888
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>Hmm, that's probably how items get sent to your universal storage. They get piped from chest to chest. If you don't move the chest back over the hole they're gonna spew out into the room.

Morgan: "That theory makes a lot of sense. If I want to carry, say, 200 pounds of cabbages for some reason, I wouldn't have to worry about stuffing them in my pockets or something."
Morgan: "Hmm... That begs the question, how much stuff will I have to carry? And how far?"

>Let's check out the geometry.
>Let's try the "maybe archer" door, though I'm not holding my breath for sane geometry.

Morgan heads towards the east door and tentatively puts her hand on it.
Morgan: "Onward to uncertain death then."
Morgan pulls on the handle and steps through.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898891 ID: ef2888
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Morgan shakes her head: "Take three ninety degree left turns and end up in a different room. Instead, this room matches the one I started in to a T. Well okay, minus two T's."

Morgan: "Ugh, this is bugging me now. Is this the same place or not? At least if North, South, East, and West changed at some point I could tell where I went wrong, but they stayed consistent the whole time!"

Morgan sighs: "Okay, let's look around first. A few things are different so far. The north door is red now for one. Additionally, the chest is where it started last time, the screen is turned off, and there is one T instead of three, so I probably haven't been in this room before."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/24(Fri)17:00 No. 898892 ID: ef2888
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Morgan: "Also, this time I remember the L room's code fairly well. It looks like the bottom line thing moved to the left, and on the other side, the black tile at the other line might have moved to the right? Or did the white one move to the left?"

Morgan: "It looks like I have some options. I could go through some more rooms and see if I still can't get to the same room from a different direction, I could test the item box theory by putting the gem or the truncheon in the chest, or I could press the button again. Maybe we could focus on getting a long ranged weapon if Mesothelioma shows up."
Morgan: "What do you guys think?"

I think I need a little more data to come to any conclusions about the compass markings... but it's possible that you're in a maze where you can't see the walls, and when you walk into a wall you wind up in this room instead. Or maybe the "shop/storage" rooms show up every third room?

What I really want to know is, where do the exits from this room lead?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/25(Sat)00:25 No. 898961 ID: ef2888
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Er, I should note that I made another mistake with the compasses. The L compass should actually look like this:

Should I post a map of visited rooms in the discussion thread?

>>898961
Uh which one was the L Compass?
Also may as well post the map, though we've only visited like four rooms...

>>898891
Maybe it's a kind of "hub" room that's frequently repeated? It contains a chest for storage, a place to spend enemy points, and a bed for resting.

Just keep exploring for now, this puzzle solving is getting boring.

>>899025
The L compass is the compass from the last room, east of the current room.

The map is posted. I will update it as rooms are cleared.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/08/31(Fri)21:05 No. 899879 ID: 93caf2
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>What I really want to know is, where do the exits from this room lead?
>Just keep exploring for now, this puzzle solving is getting boring

Morgan: "Alright then. I'll go west for now."
Morgan heads through the west door.

>>899880
Three critters hanging on the ceiling, all level -19 or -20. Should be as pathetically easy to defeat as everything else, assuming you can bait them down where you can reach them.

...I don't see any bows, but if they have a ranged attack you probably will need to beat a hasty retreat, as they could attack you with impunity.

So try to taunt them while hanging out near the door I suppose.

Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.

Sneak past and grab the treasure box on your way out.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:30 No. 900919 ID: 5e3e99
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>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.

Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now? Well, Whatever they are doing I don't think they are blind since their eyes follow me when I move."

>Three critters hanging on the ceiling, all level -19 or -20. Should be as pathetically easy to defeat as everything else, assuming you can bait them down where you can reach them.
>Try to taunt them while hanging out near the door I suppose.

Morgan: "Uh, hey ugly! Get down here! Hey! Ummm. I have bird seed?"

They stare blankly at Morgan.

Morgan: "Ugh, just get down here! I want to beat you with my stick!"

After a short silence, one of them emits a short noise more like scraping than squawking followed by more silence.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:30 No. 900920 ID: 5e3e99
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>Sneak past and grab the treasure box on your way out.

Morgan: "If you aren't going to do anything then I'm just going to take the box and leave."

As soon as Morgan touches the box, one of the creatures drops down and swoops toward her. Morgan swings the bat upward to deflect it and it is knocked behind her.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/07(Fri)19:35 No. 900923 ID: 5e3e99
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A second creature dives toward Morgan and she brings the bat down on it. The third one spreads it's veiny wings and lets out a squawk but otherwise waits.

Bash the critters until they're dead, then carefully push the box with your bat. Get ready to hit a third AND a fourth.

>>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.
>Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now?
It's jargon from a game. When something whats to fight players roll dice to figure out who gets the jump on who first. In this context, what my colleague said could be taken to mean "well they haven't taken aggressive action / don't appear to be preparing to attack you".

>>900923
Well maybe they're capable of learning and #3 realized it can't take you after seeing you beat the other two.

Try opening the chest again, be prepared for the last one to swoop down.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901712 ID: 163e47
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>Bash the critters until they're dead, then carefully push the box with your bat.

Morgan hits the enemy in front of her and it dissolves. She quickly turns around and knocks the head off the enemy behind her just as it was getting up again.

>Get ready to hit a third AND a fourth.

The third enemy dive-bombs too late and is knocked out of the air. Morgan hits it a second time and it disintegrates.

The box clicks.

4 Enemy Points earned. 4 Enemy Points earned. 4 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 39 Enemy Points. Room cleared! Level 3 -> level 4

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901713 ID: 163e47
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>Well maybe they're capable of learning and #3 realized it can't take you after seeing you beat the other two.
>Try opening the chest again, be prepared for the last one to swoop down.

Morgan: "It seemed more like it was waiting until I was distracted. Maybe that's why the first two didn't attack at first."

Morgan pushes opens the chest using the truncheon and looks inside.

Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired. This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit. +3 Aesthetic appeal.

Morgan looks around the room: "I think that's it for enemies in this room. When I killed the last one and when I opened the box I was able to hear the messages you were talking about before. Unfortunately, it seems I can't understand the messages like you guys do."

>>>Well, they haven't rolled for initiative. They might be non-aggressive or just plain blind.
>>Morgan: "Er, rolled for what now?
>It's jargon from a game. When something whats to fight players roll dice to figure out who gets the jump on who first. In this context, what my colleague said could be taken to mean "well they haven't taken aggressive action / don't appear to be preparing to attack you".

Morgan: "That sounds like an interesting game. I don't think any human games involve rolling marked geometric solids. The closest thing we have to that is flipping coins to decide which team kicks off or something. Could you tell me more?"

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/14(Fri)18:15 No. 901714 ID: 163e47
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Morgan moves the rocks off the code.

Morgan: "The bottom thing moved left again and the tiles around the top thing are now completely white."

Morgan: "Should I keep going? Which way should I go next?"

>Morgan: "It seemed more like it was waiting until I was distracted. Maybe that's why the first two didn't attack at first."
So even if they're low level weaklings, they're not without some sense of tactics. Something to be aware of.

>Unfortunately, it seems I can't understand the messages like you guys do
Message is as follows: "Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired; This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit; +3 Aesthetic appeal".

We might have to figure out how to trade these things in if you keep collecting more. There's only so much room for bling around your neck before it'll start getting uncomfortable.

>Morgan: "That sounds like an interesting game. I don't think any human games involve rolling marked geometric solids. The closest thing we have to that is flipping coins to decide which team kicks off or something. Could you tell me more?"
Kind of surprised you don't have dice, dice are like coins, there's just more sides! They're a simple, low tech way to generate random numbers. They can be used in gambling (betting on who will get a better roll), in board games (how many spaces you move on the board), in role playing games (how well your character performs an attempted action) and all kinds of things.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902704 ID: 163e47
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>Kind of surprised you don't have dice, dice are like coins, there's just more sides! They're a simple, low tech way to generate random numbers. They can be used in gambling (betting on who will get a better roll), in board games (how many spaces you move on the board), in role playing games (how well your character performs an attempted action) and all kinds of things.

Morgan: "Wow, I guess a lot of your games use [dice]. U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game."

>We might have to figure out how to trade these things in if you keep collecting more. There's only so much room for bling around your neck before it'll start getting uncomfortable.

Morgan: "Let's do that now. I'll turn on the new moniter and try talking with whats-his-face."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902705 ID: 163e47
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Menoetius: "Hello players! I'm Menoetius and I'm here to-
Oh! It's you again. I see you're not dead yet! What a pleasant suprise. I see you have found another T room. If you ever run out of answers from me in another T room you can come to this one and I'll answer more."

>Message is as follows: "Bat's boon [rank 1] acquired; This item has the following recommended uses: Increase sharpness limit; +3 Aesthetic appeal".
Morgan: "Cool, maybe we can have sharp things now. Can I trade in these boon things to unlock more of your stuff?"

Menoetius: "Absolutely. Just wait one second."

The gems dissolve.

Sharpness limit increased. Moving parts unlocked.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/21(Fri)19:15 No. 902706 ID: 163e47
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A 7 foot wooden pole (sharpen the end for a half-decent weapon) unlocked. (EP) A Grappling pistol is now only locked due to [materials: metal]. (15 EP) A force pie that throws itself. And then reassembles is now only locked due to (materials: living tissue), (special: matter generation), (special: matter assembly), (special: intelligence), (submission error: violation of the laws of motion), and (submission error: flavor not indicated) (52 EP) A bracer for some bare-bones defense (a larger shield that retracts into a bracer) is now only locked due to (weight limit exceeded) and (materials: metal) (17 EP)

>>902706
Hmm, we unlocked moving parts and sharpness, but can't use metal.
I want to add an item to the shop:
Wooden autocrossbow
and
Wooden bolts x10
If that turns out to be too expensive:
Wooden bow
and
Wooden arrows x10

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/22(Sat)01:00 No. 902748 ID: 163e47
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>>902708

Menoetius: "What fine weapon choices. I believe we can get those items."

Menoetius: "Wooden autocrossbow is completely unlocked and would cost 29 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden bolts x10 is locked due to [materials slider: density] and would cost 10 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden bow is unlocked but limited by and would cost 19 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "Wooden arrows x10 completely unlocked and would cost 5 Enemy Points."
Menoetius: "The force of items with moving parts is at the current [force limit] and the sharpness of items with points is at the current [sharpness limit]."

Menoetius: "Since a self-powered item with moving parts is completely unlocked, crystal batteries are now available free of charge. Since this is a rank 1 room, a rank 1 crystal battery is the highest one we can supply you."

Menoetius: "Prometheus wants me to let you know that the wooden arrows should work in the wooden autocrossbow since he tries to keep his designs pretty standardized. As the local expert on violence, however, I can tell you that if you did that each arrow would probably be less effective than a wooden bolt in the autocrossbow and a little less effective than a wooden arrow fired from a bow."

Wooden autocrossbow added to the store. Wooden bolts x10 added to the store. Wooden bow added to the store. Wooden arrows x10 added to the store. Crystal battery [rank 1] available in current store. Your current balance is 39 Enemy Points.

>>902748
How do crystal batteries work?
What's this about material density?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/22(Sat)02:45 No. 902769 ID: 163e47
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>How do crystal batteries work?

Menoetius: "Self-powered items with moving parts like the autocrossbow require a power source. Crystal batteries are the default, however, through some effort, it is possible to add custom batteries to the store. The higher the rank of the crystal battery the longer it lasts and the larger the devices it can power. Because it's just a stupid battery I decided to give them away for free."

Menoetius: "As for how they work, you just pop them into any device that uses them and go crazy. If you are interested in the technical details go beat up a nerdy looking Busaskan Kinter until they tell you. It's what I would do."

>What's this about material density?

Menoetius pauses for a few seconds.

Menoetius: "Prometheus insists that bolts are supposed to be small and heavy. If I actually cared I would pull up the entry for "bolt" in the dictionary of Human words like he is asking me to do right now. Because of this fact, it's best to make it out of metal. Since it was specifically requested for it to be made out of wood, he decided to just use really dense wood."

Menoetius: "Again, it is possible to use arrows in the autocrossbow, but my advice to you guys if you want to use a bolt is to try to get the boon which allows you to customize material properties since the one for unlocking new materials is too easy."

Menoetius: "You are just about out of questions for this room. You would have more if this room were a higher rank or if you asked dumber questions."

>U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game
Sure, we'll hopefully have down time in-between the fighting and survival stuff, and I bet getting some basic game stuff from Menoetius would be relatively cheap. We're not in the room with you so you'd have to move stuff for us on our turn, but it should be doable.

>I see you have found another T room. If you ever run out of answers from me in another T room you can come to this one and I'll answer more.
>Menoetius: "You are just about out of questions for this room. You would have more if this room were a higher rank or if you asked dumber questions."
Well I guess that confirms you're encountering identical rooms, not the same room over and over due to space shenanigans.

I'm thinking we might want to want on the bow till we've unlocked a little more stuff. The opposition so far has been really weak, and we can afford to save points for a little longer while trying to unlock density.

Do we have enough left to ask about Prometheus? From context, he's the item designer?

What do the black and white squares on the compass mean?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)18:30 No. 903966 ID: 163e47
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>>U-um if it's not to much trouble, would you mind teaching me how to play them some time? I wonder what my brother would say if I challenged him to an alien game
>Sure, we'll hopefully have down time in-between the fighting and survival stuff, and I bet getting some basic game stuff from Menoetius would be relatively cheap. We're not in the room with you so you'd have to move stuff for us on our turn, but it should be doable.

Morgan: "Thank you."

>Do we have enough left to ask about Prometheus? From context, he's the item designer?

Menoetius: "Oh, him? He was one of the earlier titans. He designs all the items. Originally he ran the shop here as well, but that didn't work out very well. An item designer must be able to empathize with the players to understand the items they want and must be smart enough to design them. Unfortunately, he was also smart enough to figure out other ways to help them out, like lowering the prices of the shop's items, or that one time when he tried to coordinate an effort to shut the game down for good. Ha ha!"

Menoetius: "That was about the time I was made. At that point, the designers decided it was best if he couldn't interface directly with the players, so out with the item titan and in with the loot titan! Luckily I don't care about any of the same stuff as him, I just want to see violence! glory! death! That's what I live for!"

Menoetius: "Speaking of death, here's some free advice: if you ever see a red door, go through it. The red doors always have the best loot."

>What do the black and white squares on the compass mean?

Menoetius: "Sorry you are out of questions here!"

Morgan: "Hold on let's try the room. I started out in."

Morgan makes her way back to the TTT room. (She goes East-South-West)

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)18:30 No. 903967 ID: 163e47
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Morgan: "What do the white squares on the compass mean?"

Menoetius: "Er, you still have questions here, I just can't answer that one. I'm not allowed to release any information whatsoever about that compass. Since it's something that tells you where you are in the maze, it's more my brother Atlas's job, so I'll let him decide if he wants to tell you anything. Exploration is stupid though. If I was in charge of making this game it would be non stop bloodshed. Now that's fun! Atlas hangs out in J rooms in case you want to avoid him."

Menoetius: "You've got about 23 questions left here unless you ask a really big one or something."

Save your questions for later, let's kill stuff.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/09/28(Fri)21:25 No. 904016 ID: 163e47
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>Save your questions for later, let's kill stuff.
Morgan: "Alright, which room?"

Try going West this time.
Oh, maybe you should buy that autocrossbow and some arrows?

>I just want to see violence! glory! death! That's what I live for!"
>Menoetius: "Speaking of death, here's some free advice: if you ever see a red door, go through it. The red doors always have the best loot."
Sounds like you might want to avoid the red doors for now. There's probably a sharp increase in risk or danger.

>Morgan: "Alright, which room?"
West sounds good.

Still think we should wait before a weapon upgrade.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/05(Fri)19:00 No. 905233 ID: 113273
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>Oh, maybe you should buy that autocrossbow and some arrows?
>Still think we should wait before a weapon upgrade.

Morgan: "Well we haven't seen those archers for a while, so I'll just continue using the bat. I prefer the bat anyway."

Sounds like you might want to avoid the red doors for now. There's probably a sharp increase in risk or danger.

Morgan: "That's probably a good idea."

>>Morgan: "Alright, which room?"
>West sounds good.
>Try going West this time.

Morgan: "West it is."

Morgan moves into the west room.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/05(Fri)19:05 No. 905236 ID: 113273
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Morgan: "This room has a lot more of those not quite bottomless pits from before. I can't see any enemies in this room so far. What should I do now?"

Tap the edges, see if that provokes an ambush.

Shimmy along the sides of the wall. We can buy some metal planks for this room later.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)00:40 No. 905306 ID: 113273
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>Tap the edges, see if that provokes an ambush.

Morgan taps the sides of the pit but nothing happens.

>Shimmy along the sides of the wall. We can buy some metal planks for this room later

Morgan edges her way towards the south door.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)00:40 No. 905307 ID: 113273
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Morgan: "I don't know that there is anything in this room. I haven't seen anything in any of these holes."

SLIME! DODGE NOW!

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/06(Sat)03:10 No. 905326 ID: 113273
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>SLIME! DODGE NOW!

Morgan quickly backs away to the wall.

The slime drops down from the ceiling and faces her. A puddle forms on the ground moving towards Morgan.

>>905326
Level -17, so comparably stronger than some of the other things we've seen so far, but likely still really weak.

Smack it and back up, I think? You can't afford to lose your footing in the puddle near these holes.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/12(Fri)18:20 No. 906622 ID: e4c2a9
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>Level -17, so comparably stronger than some of the other things we've seen so far, but likely still really weak.

>Smack it and back up, I think? You can't afford to lose your footing in the puddle near these holes.

Morgan hits the slime and a chunk of it starts disolving into the air.

>>906622
I guess that's how non-fatal injury works. Keep hitting, not much else you can do. Also watch out for more slimes, they may be hiding in the ceiling.

Please read the latest discussion thread post:
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/124748.html

>>906622
How much of it dissolved? A third? Half? You can probably estimate how many more hits it can take from that.

Smack it again when you can, take care as it may try to attack you. We're not sure how much that thing can hurt, and even if it doesn't kill you in one hit, if it knocks you into one of those holes you're in trouble.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/19(Fri)16:15 No. 907565 ID: a3d02f
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Morgan hits the slime a second time before it can reach her and it dissolves completely.

>How much of it dissolved? A third? Half? You can probably estimate how many more hits it can take from that.

Morgan: "A little over half of it dissolved the first time I hit it. If there are more blue ones they will probably be stronger too."

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/19(Fri)16:15 No. 907566 ID: a3d02f
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>Watch out for more slimes, they may be hiding in the ceiling.

Morgan points: "There are two more holes in the ceiling, over those two spots on the floor, but I can't see what's in them."

>>907566
I don't really like fighting directly next to pits like this. See what's through the door. Was it always green?

>Was the door it always green?

Er, sorry for not being clear.
The door was always supposed to be green, I just messed it up. The green door is the one Morgan came from, I just changed the perspective.

>>907598
Ahh.

>>907566
Let's avoid the ceiling holes for now. Go towards the southern door now that the way's clear.

I dunno what that is but it's level ZERO.

... Wow, in almost any other game, that would be underwhelming. Seriously though, you should consider retreating.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/26(Fri)17:45 No. 908418 ID: a3d02f
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>Let's avoid the ceiling holes for now. Go towards the southern door now that the way's clear.
Morgan makes her way back towards the south door and goes through it.

She finds herself in a new room.
An orb is floating in the corner near the floor.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/26(Fri)17:45 No. 908419 ID: a3d02f
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There is a box sitting on one of the walls.

Oh shit right, that orb is an enemy. It's a tough one too, watch out. Might have to retreat if it doesn't go well.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)00:40 No. 908444 ID: a3d02f
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>I dunno what that is but it's level ZERO.
>Seriously though, you should consider retreating.
>Oh shit right, that orb is an enemy. It's a tough one too, watch out. Might have to retreat if it doesn't go well.

Morgan: "It's level zero? In that case, I definitely don't want to be fighting it right now."
Morgan goes back through the door into the V room and finds someone else waiting for her on the other side.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)00:40 No. 908445 ID: a3d02f
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She is wearing a bag that looks comically large on her, however, she doesn't appear to have any problems carrying it, despite her childish frame.

As soon as she sees Morgan she shouts excitedly.

[???]: Я так рад, что ты здесь!
[???]: Я знал, что ты еще жив!

New language detected. Loading language pack...

She calms down and sets her bag next to the door. She addresses Morgan.

[???]: Тебе нужна помощь [help] с [clearing this room?]

>>908445
Say hello, and tell her you missed the first few things she said due to language difficulties. She might have the same delay, so you should wait for her to either repeat what she said or ask you to repeat yourself.

Also yeah there's a level 0 orb enemy in the room behind you that you're not ready for. This room with the ceiling slimes? Some assistance would be nice I suppose, it's just precarious.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/10/27(Sat)03:15 No. 908455 ID: a3d02f
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>Say hello, and tell her you missed the first few things she said due to language difficulties. She might have the same delay, so you should wait for her to either repeat what she said or ask you to repeat yourself.

>Also yeah there's a level 0 orb enemy in the room behind you that you're not ready for. This room with the ceiling slimes? Some assistance would be nice I suppose, it's just precarious.

Morgan: "Er, hello. I missed what you were saying."

[???]: [You don't speak Russian?]

Morgan: "I missed that too, I don't understand your language."

She switches to speaking in English.
[???]: "That is fine. I speak English fairly well. Do you want help killing the enemies in this room?"

Morgan: "That would be nice I suppose."

The young girl nods and reaches into her bag.
She stops and stares at a point in space across from her.
[???]: [Wait, she's a what?!] she hisses in Russian.

D'aww. Wait, ask her what is in her necklace. If she gives it to you and it has [metal] access, you could give her a weapon in exchange!

>[???]: [Wait, she's a what?!] she hisses in Russian.
Um. That was "Wait she's a what" in Russian. Sounds like her helpers may have just told her something about you, and she didn't like what she heard. (Guesswork- we can't talk to her, and we can't hear whoever can, either).

Be careful, if the voices she's hearing are malicious, they might be trying to force a fight or something. Even if she is just a kid, the gear she's carrying suggests she might have been at this longer than you have.

Try talking to her? "Is something wrong?"

>>908455
Oh, the language pack upgrade only applied to us. Sorry Morgan.
Ask her how long she's been in the maze. Any idea what's with the compass markings?

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/02(Fri)21:00 No. 909336 ID: a3d02f
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>Oh, the language pack upgrade only applied to us. Sorry Morgan.
>That was "Wait she's a what" in Russian. Sounds like her helpers may have just told her something about you, and she didn't like what she heard.
Morgan nods silently in confirmation.

>Try talking to her. "Is something wrong?"
Morgan: "Is something wrong?"

She looks back toward Morgan: "Do not worry, it is nothing. I am glad to have found another character. I was thinking I was the only one in here."

>Ask her what is in her necklace.
Morgan: "What does your necklace do?"

[???] holds it up: "This? I found it in a box. It was in the room north of the room behind me. It is the bow person's gift so it can make moving weapons stronger."

She hoists an oversized axe out of the bag and begins making her way toward one of the holes in the ceiling.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/02(Fri)21:00 No. 909337 ID: a3d02f
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>Ask her how long she's been in the maze. Any idea what's with the compass markings?
She answers Morgan: "It has been a few days. They thi- I think the markings show where we are in the maze."

Another blue slime drops down and she slices it in half with the axe.
She pauses and whispers in Russian [Only second varient. What level was it?]

The girl puts down the axe and points north and south. "Going those ways changes the top arrow."
She points east and west. "And going those ways changes the bottom arrow."

She picks up the axe again: "When you move, the square markings on the other-" She cuts herself off. Короче, "Since the colours change unpredictably, we cannot find our way around the maze."

[???]: "That is enough from me, what about you? You do not have players, is this correct?"

5 Enemy Points earned. Your current balance is 59 Enemy Points.

She means us. Yeah.

I say once this room is clear we go grab that autocrossbow and team up with her to kill that orb.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/03(Sat)00:30 No. 909354 ID: a3d02f
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>She means us. Yeah.
Morgan: "Um, I have players."

[???]: "W-wait, You do? People who talk to you?"

Morgan: "Yes?"

[???]: "Then, prove it: what is the square root of 3?"

Morgan: "How am I supposed to know that?"

[???]: "Not you them! I'm telling you, they are good at this stuff!"

I used a calculator: 1.732*1.732 ~= 3.

Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/03(Sat)05:41 No. 909364 ID: a3d02f
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Fuck, this quest is just coming apart at the seams now ain't it? I think it's about time I let it die. Trust me, you aren't missing out on much.

Here is a protip: Don't base your quest on "No Man's Sky."

I'm going to write a conclusion for the archives. I have lost enough sleep from this quest already though, so I'm going to wait 'til next week to do that.

This was fun. Thank you TG Chan. Audios!

>>909354
I'm trying to decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing if she recognizes you as having players. Does that make you someone to cooperate with, or a competitor? If this is a game, there's a lot of rules we don't know.

>[???]: "Then, prove it: what is the square root of 3?"
Root 3. It's already as reduced as you can get it without introducing inaccuracies and rounding errors.

Fine if you want an irrational number: 1.7320508075688772935274463415059...

>>909364
Well RIP.

The End(?) Mr Snow!MrSnow8332 2018/11/09(Fri)14:20 No. 910099 ID: a3d02f
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Error: Neural interface disconnected


"Author Died" Ending (in bounds) achieved in 91 frames

8/214 room types discovered
8/1,099,511,627,776 rooms visited

11 enemies killed
59 enemy points earned